"While tensions continue to grow between the federal government and the First Nations community of Attawapiskat, National Chief for the Assembly of First Nations Shawn Atleo says civil disobedience is one form of action that could be used to draw attention to the current crisis."
-free Tibet!
"While they were beating us, I screamed: "What are you doing?" They responded: "Shut up, slut." I did not feel fear then, and I do not feel fear now. I feel anger that innocent people became victims of overt and unnecessary violence."
"A Tibetan Buddhist monk has burned himself to death in western China, triggering a street protest against government controls, according to a group campaigning for Tibetan self-rule."
-fuck the eu!!!-don't mess with my chocolate!!
"A Toronto police officer has been charged with assault in relation to the arrest and alleged beating of a G20 protester."
"“If the bubble touches me, you're going to be arrested for assault,” he tells her sternly."-uh, they're soap bubbles!
"An Iranian court has jailed a prominent human rights activist and journalist for six years after convicting her of "waging war against God" and other charges."
"Manning’s motivations for whistle-blowing matter not. What does matter is he revealed to the public the brutal nature of the colonial war in Afghanistan and the bodyguard of lies protecting it from public scrutiny. If Americans and Canadians really knew the truth of this resource-driven war, and its carefully concealed cost, they would end it very quickly."
"The Krewe of Dead Pelicans, an informal Carnival-style krewe, second-lines down St. Charles Avenue in the Warehouse District to protest the BP oil spill and its response."
RE: Officer A; "He was regularly involved in brutal confrontations with uniformed police officers and activists from the extreme right. On numerous occasions he engaged in violent acts to maintain his cover." -always seems OK for governments to the break the law. just not the rest of us!
"Leading Cuban political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo has died in hospital after 85 days on hunger strike, opposition sources say."-R.I.P.
"For the first time ever, graphic feature-length footage of the annual slaughter of some 2,500 dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, has been captured during a unique yearlong covert operation."
-boycotting maple syrup is just one thing! -Stupid!!!
"A Tibetan monk has been shot after setting fire to himself during a protest at Beijing's rule, reports say."
"The coastal waters of the Great Bear Rainforest in Northern British Columbia, home to hundreds of salmon spawning rivers, grey whale migratory routes, the feeding grounds for orca and humpback whales. It is an area teaming with life and steeped in the culture of BC's coastal First Nations. For over 35 years these waters have been protected from the threat of oil spills by a ban on oil tanker traffic. This ban on tankers is now under threat. Plans to build pipelines and a supertanker port in Kitimat by Enbridge are moving forward with support from the BC and Canadian governments. But there is still time to save our coast."
well, if no one is coming forward to take responsibility then let's put some money on the table!!!